Advanced voicemail features without carrier voicemail support
First Claim
1. A method for enabling voicemail features locally at a mobile phone coupled to a carrier network having a carrier voicemail system, comprising:
- receiving at the mobile phone a phone call from a caller;
intercepting at the mobile phone the received phone call, wherein the intercepting occurs before the phone call is directed to the carrier voicemail system;
automatically, without user intervention, sending a prerecorded message from the mobile phone to the caller after a configurable time-delay has elapsed;
automatically, without user intervention, recording an incoming audio message from the caller;
transcribing the recorded audio message, at the mobile phone, to obtain a text transcription, wherein the transcribing occurs independent of the carrier voicemail system;
storing the recorded audio message and text transcription at a local data store of the mobile phone independent of the carrier voicemail system, wherein the recorded audio message is available to a voicemail application executable by the mobile phone; and
graphically displaying at the mobile phone a visual progress marker indicating a location of at least one word in the text transcription during playback of the recorded audio message.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a communication request from a remote requester is intercepted at the computing device. Based on the intercepted communication request, one or more voicemail features are enabled at the computing device, independent of carrier voicemail support. The remote requester may be, for example, a caller or a voicemail server, and the intercepted communication request may be a phone call or a voicemail notification, respectively. In another embodiment, a system at a computing device coupled to a network includes a communication request handler and a voicemail manager. The communication request handler intercepts a communication request from a remote requester at the computing device. The intercepted communication request may be a voicemail notification from a network server or a phone call from a caller. The voicemail manager enables one or more voicemail features at the computing device, independent of carrier voicemail support, based on the intercepted communication request.
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1. A method for enabling voicemail features locally at a mobile phone coupled to a carrier network having a carrier voicemail system, comprising:
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receiving at the mobile phone a phone call from a caller; intercepting at the mobile phone the received phone call, wherein the intercepting occurs before the phone call is directed to the carrier voicemail system; automatically, without user intervention, sending a prerecorded message from the mobile phone to the caller after a configurable time-delay has elapsed; automatically, without user intervention, recording an incoming audio message from the caller; transcribing the recorded audio message, at the mobile phone, to obtain a text transcription, wherein the transcribing occurs independent of the carrier voicemail system; storing the recorded audio message and text transcription at a local data store of the mobile phone independent of the carrier voicemail system, wherein the recorded audio message is available to a voicemail application executable by the mobile phone; and graphically displaying at the mobile phone a visual progress marker indicating a location of at least one word in the text transcription during playback of the recorded audio message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for enabling voicemail features locally at a mobile phone coupled to a carrier network having a carrier voicemail system, comprising:
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a communication request handler to receive at the mobile phone a phone call from a caller, to intercept at the mobile phone the received phone call, wherein the interception occurs before the phone call is directed to the carrier voicemail system, and to automatically, without user intervention, send a prerecorded message from the mobile phone to the caller after a configurable time-delay has elapsed; and a voicemail manager comprising; a recorder to automatically, without user intervention, record an incoming audio message from the caller; and a translator configured to transcribe the recorded audio message, at the mobile phone to obtain a text transcription, wherein the transcription occurs independent of the carrier voicemail system, store the transcribed audio message to a local data store of the mobile phone, wherein the local data store is independent of the carrier voicemail system and is available to a voicemail application executable by the mobile phone, and graphically display at the mobile phone a visual progress marker indicating at a location of at least one word in the text transcription during playback of the recorded audio message. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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